Curtain attachment.



PATENTEI) NOV. 15, 1904..

G. G. HE NSLEY. CURTAIN ATTACHMENT.

APPLIOATION FILED JAR. 2a, 1904.

N0 MODEL.

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CHARLES G. HENSLEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO JOHN A. BRILL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CURTAIN ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 774,942, dated November 15, 1904.

, Application filed January 28, 1904. Serial No. 191,968. (No model- T aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES G. HENSLEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the construction of the curtain -rool attachment applied to the lower part of a curtain, such as is used in railway-cars; and the object of my improve.

mentsis to simplify the construction of such devices, and thereby decreasing the cost and to increase the efficiency of such devices.

Details of construction and further objects of my invention will be hereinafter described, and further pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a curtain-rod with the curtain attachment as applied to the car side posts or stanchions. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 4. Fig. 3 is a partly perspective and partly sectional view of the same. Fig. 4 is asection through;

the casing, showing the finger-pieces; and Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view of the means for gripping the band.

My device is adapted for use for retaining a street-car curtain, such as 1, in its proper vertical position by holding it at any desired height against the upward stress ofthe springroller used to hold the curtain to exert an upward tension on it. Car-posts 2 are illustrated in the drawings, in which there is provided the usual curtain-rod groove 3, and in which are the guiding-bands 4, which serve to guide the curtain attachment and on which the latter is adapted to grip for holding the curtain. Within the lower hem of the curtain is the casing 5, which is preferably circular and extends across between the carposts, and to each end of which is attached a guide-foot 6 by means of screw-threads 7 or by any other means. The foot consists of the central cylindrical part 8, having a bore alining with the casing, and upwardly and downwardly extending jaws 9, in which are apertures 10, through which the guide-bands 4 pass. INhile I form the central part of the foot cylindrical, it may be of any other desired form, having the interior opening 11 to receive the operating mechanism. The central part 8 extends outwardly at 12 and is provided on top and bottom with apertures 13, which aline with the apertures and through which the band 4 is also adapted to pass.

At the end of the curtain attachment and preferably within the'fo'o t is placed an oscillating piece 14, which I preferably make circular in shape and which is secured in the foot by means of the pin 15 passing therethrough and having its bearings in the foot. I prefer, though it could be otherwise, that the pin 15 be placed at the center of the piece 14. The object of the part 14 is to form a gripping means for the guide-band 4 by forming a vertical aperture 16 to receive the band 4, which aperture may be brought into alinement with the apertures 10 and 13. The aperture 16 may be formed in the wheel in such a place as to give it proper length, so that when -the. wheel isrevolved the band will grip at 17 and 18. This is true whether the foot has the extension 12 or not; but I prefer to use it in connection with the extension of the footin order to form a more perfect gripping mechanism. In order, to actuate the oscillating piece, I have provided a set of rods 19, extending through the casing, which are pivoted by means of the pin 20 to the wheel. By forming a slot 21 within the wheel the end of the rod 19 may be placed within it in order to form a proper connection. It is understood that one-half the rod is shown and described, and the other half corresponds therewith. Between the two rods 19, to the inner ends of which is secured the finger-pieces 22, is provided a spring 23, adapted to force the two rods apart, and thereby oscillate the piece 14 to grip the band 4 and hold the entire attachment against the upward stresses of the curtam-spring.

While I have shown and described the details of construction of my device, I do not wish to be understood as limiting the scope of the following claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a railway-car, having side posts or stanchions, provided with grooves, bands within the grooves, a curtain having an attachment guided by said bands, composed of a casing, feet attached thereto, and oscillating means secured to said feet, said means having an aperture 16 through which said band passes, the walls of said aperture being adapted to engage the band to prevent move ment thereon and means for oscillating the oscillating means, substantially as described.

2. In a railway-car having side posts or stanehions, provided with grooves, bands within the grooves, a curtain having an attachment guided by said bands, composed of a casing, feet attached thereto, apertures in the feet through which said bands pass, oscillating means 15, between the apertures in said feet having apertures 16 through which said bands pass, the walls of said aperture being adapted to engage the band in reverse directions to prevent movement thereon, and means for oscillating said oscillating means, substantially as described.

3. In a car having side posts or stanchions, provided with grooves, bands within the grooves, a curtain having an -attachment guided by said bands, composed of a casing, a foot attached thereto having vertical guidearms, a central extension 12 on said foot, alining apertures in said extension, a wheel mounted in said foot having an aperture 16 through which the said band passes, and the walls of which are adapted to engage the band in reverse directions, and a rod fulcrumed to said wheel and means for operating said rod.

4. In a car having side posts or stanchions, provided with grooves, bands within the grooves, a curtain having an attachment comprising a casing, feet on the ends of the easing, wheels pivoted within the feet and having apertures through which the said bands pass, a slot 21 in the said wheels, rods in said casing having their ends pivoted in said recess 21 to said wheel, finger-pieces on the inner ends of the rods, and a spring to force said rods apart.

Signed in the city, county, and State of New York this 26th day of January, 1904.

I CHARLES G. HENSLEY.

Witnesses:

SOPHIE SEKosKY, O. E. EDWARDS, Jr. 

